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Monday, March 9, 2015

WE HAD A BAPTISM!!

March 9, 2015

This
week was amazing, mainly because WE HAD A BAPTISM!! It was really great.
Francisca Ruiz Cordova was baptized on March 7 2015 by Elder Noovao, and I was
able to confirm her a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints on March 8, 2015. It was a very sweet baptismal service. We met
Francisca through her daughter, who has been a member for almost three years
now. A lot of missionaries have passed by their house, trying to talk to her
family, but none of her siblings or parents ever really wanted anything to do
with the church. Well, these past 2 months their family has been going through
a really hard time, and so Francisca started reading the Book of Mormon, and
she came to church with her husband for the first time in the beginning of
February. Since then, she has only missed one time, because of work, and she
has progressed so much. It’s really easy to see how much her life has changed.
She even told us that as soon as she started reading, praying, and coming to
church, she has felt more at peace and things have gotten better with her
family. As a part of it as well, her oldest daughter, who has always been nice
to the missionary’s, but wouldn’t go out of her way for them, has invited us to
eat at her house with her family a lot. So we have been working a lot with the
whole family. So far, Francisca is the only one who would even accept the
invitation to be baptized, but her husband is reading, so we’re working with
him as well.

One
neat thing that happened was that we had the interview Friday at the church,
because we figured it would be quieter than their house. However, we forgot
that mutual happens Friday night, and that the young men’s leader has a two
year old child that never stops screaming. So, we were praying that the
interview would go well, and that they wouldn´t be disturbed by the noise, and
afterward, I asked Elder Engen if he could hear everything going on. He said
yes, but it seems as though Francisca wasn´t able to. It might just be that
she’s a mom and so is really used to crying babies, and it just didn’t bother
her, but either way, It was a blessing. I’ve never seen anyone so happy as her
daughter when Elder Engen let us know that she could be baptized the next
evening. The service was very neat, and very spiritual, and a bunch of ward
members were there. I really have loved being able to see her progress, and now
be a part of the church. The Garcia-Ruiz family really is like another family
to me, and I hope to see all of them become a part of the church and go through
the temple. I love fulfilling my missionary purpose.